Here are the latest market reports sent in to the Denbighshire Free Press

Ruthin Farmers Auction

Store & Breeding Sale Report

Thursday February 25

110 Heifers to £1280

82 Steers to £1415

16 Calves to £370

29 Stirks to £750

15 OTMs to £1263.80, 178ppk

472 Store Lambs to £138.50

306 Store Ewes to £ 135

129 Ewes & Lambs to £290

27 Cade lambs to £27

Store Cattle

Auctioneer Glyn Owens 07867977703

A fantastic show of store cattle today with a show of 82 steers, 110 heifers and 15 barren cows. A variety of breeds and ages met an excellent trade with

Something for everyone, but demand certainly outstripping supply today.

Heifers(110)

Top price £1280 for a 20 month Lim from JG & EV Roberts, Simdde Hir.

An excellent show and averaging £930.64 throughout.

28 month Lim achieved £1250

23 month Lim achieved £1240

17 month Charolais achieved £1195

22 month Charolais achieved £1190

21 month LIm achieved £1165

21 month British Blue achieved £1160

Steers(82)

Top price £1415 for a 20 month Lim from EL & CR & AL Ellis, Ty Isa.

Again an excellent show averaging £1070.91 throughout.

20 month Charolais achieved £1400

16 month Charolais achieved £1390

19 month British Blue achieved £1340

21 month Charolais achieved £1305

21 month Charolais achieved £1270

21 month Lim achieved £1270

20 month Lim achieved £1255

Store cattle continue to be in very keen demand so please don’t hesitate to contact

OTMs(15)

Auctioneer Glyn Owens 07867977703

A very good trade on barren cows today with more required weekly.

A 117 month British Blue cow weighing 710kg achieved 178ppk

A 69 month Lim cow weighing 625kg achieved 170pk

A 71 month Hereford cow weighing 700kg achieved 166ppk

A 34 month Aberdeen Angus cow weighing 500kg achieved 165ppk

A 95 month British Blue cow weighing 670kg achieved 156ppk

A 34 month Aberdeen Angus cow weighing 500kg achieved 156ppk

A 41 month British Blue cow weighing 610kg achieved 150ppk

A 66 month Welsh black cow weighing 730kg achieved 148ppk

Overall average 143.8ppk

In lamb ewes

Auctioneer Paul Roberts 07867977702

298 forward averaging £67.51.

Predominantly Welsh

Texel hoggetts to £135

Welsh full mouth(twins) to £91

Welsh 3&4 year olds(twins) to £90

Cade lambs

Cade lambs from £9 to £27 Average £16.67

Ewe & Lamb Couples

Auctioneer Paul Roberts 07867977702

129 Couples forward with an exceptional trade throughout.

Top price doubles £290 from Jone&Co, Cilcwmfawr, Llanbrynmair

Top price single £202 from TE&AM Jones, Fedw, Nant y Rhiw

Crossbred single to £195 Doubles to £290

Texel singles to £202 Doubles to £280

Suffolk singles to £195 Doubles to £275

Tal y Bont singles to £130 Doubles to £170

Welsh singles to £128 Doubles to £198

Mule ewes to £162 Doubles to £240

Lleyn singles to £192 Doubles to £270

Store Lambs

Some of today's top prices

£138.50 for a pen of Texel ram lambs-R I Owen& Co,Cwm Ffynnon

£125 for a pen of Texel ram lambs-Owen Bros, Gwern Hywel and

B A Jones,Ty’n Celyn

£124 Texel ewe lambs HE & AE Breese,Rhydygwiail Isaf

Other prices

Charollais ewe lambs to £120-Aled Mosford, Trewyn

Aberfield to £114-HE & AE Breese,Rhydygwiail Isaf

Tal y Bont to £91-TO Hughes, Tyddyn Harris

Mule to £81-RE&GA Roberts,Tyddyn Inco

Welsh (117) to £190-WE Williams & Co,Hafod,Gwytherin

Stirks

Charolais heifers 8 months £750

Hereford heifers 7 months £700

Limousin heifers 7 months £550

Angus bull 6 months £510

Hereford bullock 9 months £635

Stabiliser bull 7 months £510

Calves

Top price today goes to Morris, Marian Mawr for a British Blue selling to £370 with a young Angus bull selling to £235

Other prices

British Blue heifer £270

Longhorn bull £220

Holstein bull £200

Bala Market Report

February 25

193 Prime Hoggetts

l SQQ – 243p/kg

Super Lights (34) sold to 191.0p/kg from A O Jones, Bryn Difyr or £46/head from G P Lynch, Brynffynnon. Average – 165.45p/kg

Lights (112) sold to 254.0p/kg from D P & R M Jones, Cwm Ffynnon or £75/head from I & A & A W Griffiths, Tynffridd. Average – 241.07p/kg

Standard (38) sold to 262.0p/kg from H M Groom, Ysgubor Newydd or £102/head from same vendor. Average – 249.52p/kg

Medium (2) sold to 227.0p/kg from Daives a’i Feibion, Penbryncoch Farm or £100/head from same vendor. Average – 195.4p/kg

Heavies (6) sold to 239.0p/kg from Roberts & Co, Cynythog Ganol or £117/head from same vendor.Average 233.78p/kg

Overweights (1) sold to 196.0p/kg G Davies, Penbryncoch Farm or £110/head from same vendor. Average – 196.43p/kg.

Dolgellau Market Report

February 26

536 Sheep forward comprising of: 207 Cull Ewes 18 Rams 45 In Lamb Ewes 266 Store Lambs Cull Ewes & Rams.

Seasonal entry was met with a strong trade with demand outstripping supply.

Top Prices Cull Ewes Cheviot Ewes to £100 from HA, RA & SW Jones

Talymignedd Isaf Texel Ewes to £77.40 from RG & AE Hughes

Bron Erw Mule Ewes to £72.40 from RG & AE Hughes

Bron Erw Suffolk Ewes to £70 JG Jones

Mynachdy Welsh Ewes to £59.40 from HW Jones

Llwynsarn Rams Texel Ram to £108 from Cwmni Hendre Eirian Suffolk Ram to £79 from Cwmni Hendre Eirian Cheviot Ram to £66.40 from E&N Pugh,

Carn y Gadell Uchaf Crossbred Ram to £63.40 from GM Thomas, Cwm Onnen Welsh Ram to £58 from Cwmni Hendre Eirian In-Lamb Ewes Trade.

Cracking trade today with demand far outstripping supply. The average for the day was £86.11!

Store Lambs

Flying trade today with good quality short term lambs on show.

Top Prices

Crossbred Lambs to £97 from DK Owen, Penrallt Cottages

Mule Lambs to £89 from M Jones, Tyn y Coed

Texel Lambs to £83 from P Rowlands, Groesllwyd

Welsh Lambs to £76 from JG Jones, Mynachdy

Welsh Ewe Lambs to £63 from J Owen & Sons, Cae Goronwy

Ruthin Farmers Auction

Prime Stock Report

Friday, February 26

583 Prime Hoggetts to £137, 310.5ppk

205 Ewes to £133

Prime Lambs

Auctioneer Rich Lloyd 07557230777

Top Prices today

50kg @£137, Mrs N Davies, Ty’r Efail

52kg @£136, I Vaughan, Bryn Gwylan

60kg @£130, R G Owen, Tan Dderwen

Top Price per kilo

38kg @310ppk, H L Griffiths, Ty Isa

35kg @305ppk, IP& AW & HE Beech, Plas yn Ial

40kg @297ppk, DW & GB Roberts, Cornwal ucha

Superlights to 244ppk average 235.3ppk

Lights to 281.3ppk average 246ppk

Standards to 310.5ppk average 268.1ppk

Medium to 297.5ppk average 276.7ppk

Heavies to 274ppk average 243.5ppk

Over weights to 227.3ppk average 211.2ppk

SQQ- 270.3ppk

Cull Ewes

Auctioneer Paul Roberts 07867977702

Overall a good trade on everything, even Welsh ewes selling better than beginning of the week.

Overall average £60.91

Top price went for Texel x ewes £133

Suffolk x ewes to £117

Mules to £82

Tal y Bont Welsh to £75

Welsh Mountain ewes to £53